Part II Net Changes dorm Life Tapescript The proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner anticipates an age when high-speed Internet access is everything. It will be a pipeline for almost all the entertainment, communication nd information that people consume Itis an era so distant to most Americans that they can hardly envision it. And yet it already exists. In fact, it is the only world that today's college students know. Colleges across the United States have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years wiring dormitories for high-speed Internet access When admission people go out and talk to students these days, the students always ask, " Do you have a high-speed network?" Indeed, for todays students, having high-speed Internet access is a top priority. They base their housing decisions on it, and restructure their meager student budgets to afford it College administrators acknowledge that academic pursuits are just a fraction of the activity on their campus networks. The bulk of the traffic consists of data containing music files, instant messages,toll-free phone calls, e-commerce orders, online games and just about anything At a high-rise dorm at the University of Southern California, walking down the hallway on the eighth floor almost any time of the day, you're likely to hear students in separate rooms shouting at each other-You killed me! " -as they mow each other down in online games played over the messaged each other by computer that it's time to head off to the dining commons. To them, Do network. Friends from opposite ends of the floor simultaneously make for the elevators. They ve just knocking on someone s door is an antiquated 20th century tradition Today's students register for classes, get their homework assignments, research papers and attend professors' virtual office hours"online. Some university even post course lectures on the Net so that students can review them any time they wish Just as one of the student put it: We live our lives over the InternetPart II Net Changes dorm Life Tapescript The proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner anticipates an age when high-speed Internet access is everything. It will be a pipeline for almost all the entertainment, communication and information that people consume. It is an era so distant to most Americans that they can hardly envision it . And yet it already exists. In fact, it is the only world that today’s college students know. Colleges across the United States have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years wiring dormitories for high-speed Internet access. When admission people go out and talk to students these days, the students always ask, “Do you have a high-speed network?” Indeed, for today’s students, having high-speed Internet access is a top priority. They base their housing decisions on it, and restructure their meager student budgets to afford it. College administrators acknowledge that academic pursuits are just a fraction of the activity on their campus networks. The bulk of the traffic consists of data containing music files, instant messages, toll-free phone calls, e-commerce orders, online games and just about anything. At a high-rise dorm at the University of Southern California, walking down the hallway on the eighth floor almost any time of the day, you’re likely to hear students in separate rooms shouting at each other – “You killed me!” – as they mow each other down in online games played over the network. Friends from opposite ends of the floor simultaneously make for the elevators. They’ve just messaged each other by computer that it’s time to head off to the dining commons. To them, knocking on someone’s door is an antiquated 20th century tradition. Today’s students register for classes, get their homework assignments, research papers and attend professors’ “virtual office hours” online. Some university even post course lectures on the Net, so that students can review them any time they wish. Just as one of the student put it : “We live our lives over the Internet